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St. Louis Police Reportedly Kill Armed Black Teen in Stolen Car Chase

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An armed 19-year-old black teen was fatally shot late Wednesday in a stolen car chase in St. Louis, Missouri as he tried to confront two police officers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday, citing local police.

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MOSCOW, January 22 (Sputnik) — St. Louis Police chief Sam Dotson said that on late Wednesday, a special patrol spotted a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo that was reported stolen a month ago and chased it until the car hit a retaining wall.

The passenger walked away holding a gun and refused to drop it when ordered, leading the police officers to open fire, wounding the suspect. The man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died.

Dotson added that the driver, also 19, cooperated with the police and is now in custody.

According to St. Louis media reports, both teenagers in the car were black. The officers involved in the incident both served in the local police department for about eight years. One of them is black and the other is white.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch said protesters started gathering at the scene an hour after the shooting.

St. Louis County, Missouri witnessed lasting mass protests after the killing of unarmed 18-year-old black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in August 2014. The killing sparked a string of nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and racial profiling.

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